Two bottles of Cwrw Haf ale produced by Tomos Watkins brewery

The Hurns Brewing Company Limited is a drinks and

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company based in Swansea,

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. Hurns own several

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in Wales. It acquired the Tomos Watkin range of beers in 2002.

History

The Hurns Brewing Company was originally established as the Hurns Mineral Water Company by Arthur A. Hurn, in the late 1800s. Requires verification of age. Hurns premises were in Northampton Lane in Swansea and they initially produced bottled

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and cordials. Arthur Hurn's son, Idris, died in 1966 and Idris's son (who had been running the business) unexpectedly died a month later. The company went into decline for the next ten years, until Idris's grand daughter Connie and her brother were old enough to take over in 1976. The company changed direction to concentrate on distribution and wholesale. In 2010, as CEO of Hurns, Connie Parry was awarded the Welsh business woman of the year award at the Welsh Women Mean Business Awards ceremony.

Tomos Watkin

The Hurns Brewing Company acquired the Tomos Watkin brewery in 2002. The present incarnation of Tomos Watkin was started in 1995 by Simon Buckley. Tomos Watkin first operated from a small brewery in

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and later opened a larger brewery in Swansea.BBC News – Bitter beer war splits brewery
/ref> Tomos Watkin brew several beverages from their brewery in the Swansea Enterprise Park.

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